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Puccini: La Bohème (Rosanna Carteri, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Taddei; Chorus and Orchestra of Radio Italiana, Turin, conducted by Gabriele Santini; Cetra-Soria). The singers give an appealing account of life in their drafty garret, but are vocally outclassed by others who have recorded the popular opera...
...selling U.S. whisky all through the wartime shortage-largely because it was the most available. Rosenstiel put on his greatest show of confidence by expanding. During and after the war, he bought the Blatz Brewing Co., put Schenley into wines and vermouth (Cresta Blanca, Roma and La Bohème), rum (Carioca), cordials (DuBouchett), brandies (Coronet, J. Bavet and Jean Robert), gins (Silver Wedding, Schenley, Gibson, etc.), and even set up a chemical division to make penicillin and other antibiotics...
...three quarters of an hour, Conductor Alfredo Antonini led his forces through Puccini's composition; there were 185 voices of the Swedish Choral Club, a 75-piece orchestra and three male soloists. Lovers of La Bohème and Tosca recognized in the youthful sacred work hints of those later sensuous operas. Listeners familiar with the composer's Manon Lescaut got a bit of a turn at the end: the peaceful Agnus Dei of the Mass was note-for-note identical with Manon's madrigal...
Dear Mimi, sweet Mimi Of La Bohème fame, Face, pretty as a picture, And gosh! What a frame...
Puccini: La Bohème (Licia Albanese, soprano; Jan Peerce, tenor; the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini conducting; Victor, 4 sides LP). This recording of the Maestro's 1946 broadcast will make opera fans regretfully aware of how seldom they hear a first-rate performance of Bohème. Toscanini, who conducted the world premiere in 1896, gives it a rare force, clarity and subtlety. The singers are all in fine voice-including amateur Baritone Toscanini, whose hoarse old bawling can be clearly heard accompanying the principals in several passages. Recording: excellent. A new recording of Tosco, (Cetra-Soria...